The Places I've Cried in Public

by Holly Bourne

We leave behind echoes of our lives everywhere we go, trapping them into the fabric of the world around us.

So poignant! Never considered existence like this before...

Crying is a very obvious sign that something isn’t going right in your life. You should not ignore tears. I’m really starting to realize that.

Such an important message to heed.

“people we love can behave in very confusing ways. And if someone is treating us inconsistently it can have a confusing, almost drug-like effect on us.”

This is so important. Recognising abuse is incredibly hard when you are under the spell of your captor. Bourne describes this possessive power so well.

Kindness isn’t a reward for good behaviour, Amelie. It should be a given.”

Always!

I’d always been able to escape into music, but you eclipsed my brain, you eclipsed that capacity. In fact, I’ve started to realize that you eclipsed every single part of me that made me me.

I’m not crying, you are. No wait, it is me.